Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Books
Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

USA Today: Best Books of 2022

The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

Lit Hub: Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

Manhunt - Gretchen Felker-Martin

Vulture: The Best Books of 2022

In Love - Amy Bloom

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

The Rabbit Hutch - Tess Gunty

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2022

Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri: The 5 Best Books of 2022

The Revolutionary - Stacy Schiff

Los Angeles Times: Mary Ann Gwinn: The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick: The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2022

Very Cold People - Sarah Manguso

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis: The 5 Best Novels of 2022

All This Could Be Different - Sarah Thankam Mathews

Slate: Dan Kois: The 10 Best Books of 2022

An Immense World - Ed Yong

Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2022

Foster - Claire Keegan

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: Favorite Books of 2022

Checkout 19 - Claire-Louise Bennett

New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

Oprah Daily: Our Favorite Books of 2022

Solito - Javier Zamora

New York Public Library: Best Books of 2022

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka

Financial Times: Laura Battle: Best Fiction Books of 2022

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta - James Hannaham

New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2022

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2022

Body Work - Melissa Febos

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2022

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2022

In Love - Amy Bloom

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver

Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2022

The Rabbit Hutch - Tess Gunty

National Book Award: Fiction 2022

South to America - Imani Perry

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2022

The Invisible Kingdom - Meghan O’Rourke

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2022

In Love - Amy Bloom

BookPage: Best Nonfiction of 2022

All This Could Be Different - Sarah Thankam Mathews

BookPage: Best Fiction of 2022

Diego Garcia - Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2022

In Sensorium - Tanaïs

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2022

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2022

The Book of Form and Emptiness - Ruth Ozeki

Women's Prize: Best Fiction of 2022

The Art of Losing - Alice Zetiner

Dublin Literary Award: 2022

The Wrong End of the Telescope - Rabih Alameddine

PEN/Faulkner Award: Fiction 2022

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Electric Lit: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Electric Lit: Favorite Novels of 2021

Assembly - Natasha Brown

Atlantic: The 20 Best Books of 2021

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton

Parade Magazine: 40 Best Books of 2021

Happy Hour - Marlowe Granados

Passerby: Best Books of 2021

Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit

New Statesman: Best Books of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick: The 5 Best Novels of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Los Angeles Times: Mary Ann Gwinn: The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis: The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Thrillist: The Best Books of 2021

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri: The 5 Best Books of 2021

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Books of 2021